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February 20, 2012
Ten U.S. Presidents Who Could Be Mistaken for Boutique Bourbons (With Tasting Notes)
It's Presidents Day, and Gut Check is stuck behind the desk here at the International Headquarters, shaking our fists at all the lucky sons of bitches who have the day off. Just kidding. We're stuck behind the desk at International Headquarters, drinking ourselves blind. Which is how we got to thin ... More >>
Culture
February 2, 2012
Battledrum's Civil War story line will resonate with young and old alike
It's Presidents Day, and Gut Check is stuck behind the desk here at the International Headquarters, shaking our fists at all the lucky sons of bitches who have the day off. Just kidding. We're stuck behind the desk at International Headquarters, drinking ourselves blind. Which is how we got to thin ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2012
KKK Fliers Found on MLK Day -- Or Is it Robert E. Lee Day?
Robert E. Lee's 1863 portrait. Residents in several neighborhoods in Sedalia, Missouri, found fliers promoting the Ku Klux Klan on Monday morning, which happened to be the observed holiday to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, who was born January 15, 1929.But three states - ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Thrown Out At Home
Robert E. Lee's 1863 portrait. Residents in several neighborhoods in Sedalia, Missouri, found fliers promoting the Ku Klux Klan on Monday morning, which happened to be the observed holiday to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, who was born January 15, 1929.But three states - ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
The Beat of War
Robert E. Lee's 1863 portrait. Residents in several neighborhoods in Sedalia, Missouri, found fliers promoting the Ku Klux Klan on Monday morning, which happened to be the observed holiday to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, who was born January 15, 1929.But three states - ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
The Beat of War
Robert E. Lee's 1863 portrait. Residents in several neighborhoods in Sedalia, Missouri, found fliers promoting the Ku Klux Klan on Monday morning, which happened to be the observed holiday to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, who was born January 15, 1929.But three states - ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2011
Missouri State Band Reignites Debate Over "Dixie"
Image via"Dixie" came out of blackface minstrel shows in the mid-19th Century.The song "Dixie" was born from the blackface minstrel shows of the mid-19th century. The lyrics take the perspective, and exaggerated dialect, of a free slave who aches to return to his days of plantation bondage. The f ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
Confederate Shrine Vandalized in Missouri; Southern Nationalists Outraged
The Southern Nationalist Network would have the vandal know: Them fightin' words.The Civil War ended nearly 150 years ago but North-South animosity evidently remains in Cape Girardeau where a vandal this week defaced a monument to Confederate soldiers. As the Southeast Missourian reports, someone ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
The Civil War by Boat
The Southern Nationalist Network would have the vandal know: Them fightin' words.The Civil War ended nearly 150 years ago but North-South animosity evidently remains in Cape Girardeau where a vandal this week defaced a monument to Confederate soldiers. As the Southeast Missourian reports, someone ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Why They're Called "Sawbones"
The Southern Nationalist Network would have the vandal know: Them fightin' words.The Civil War ended nearly 150 years ago but North-South animosity evidently remains in Cape Girardeau where a vandal this week defaced a monument to Confederate soldiers. As the Southeast Missourian reports, someone ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
The Civil War by Boat
The Southern Nationalist Network would have the vandal know: Them fightin' words.The Civil War ended nearly 150 years ago but North-South animosity evidently remains in Cape Girardeau where a vandal this week defaced a monument to Confederate soldiers. As the Southeast Missourian reports, someone ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2011
Thomas Jefferson Was Here -- Or At Least His Books Are
image viaThomas Jefferson left his mark on his copy of Opera omnia, Graece et Latin by Dionysius of Halicarnassus.Thanks to some stellar research by the historians at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate, Washington University librarians have learned that a cache of 74 books that ha ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Dropping the French Connection
image viaThomas Jefferson left his mark on his copy of Opera omnia, Graece et Latin by Dionysius of Halicarnassus.Thanks to some stellar research by the historians at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate, Washington University librarians have learned that a cache of 74 books that ha ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
MO' War
image viaThomas Jefferson left his mark on his copy of Opera omnia, Graece et Latin by Dionysius of Halicarnassus.Thanks to some stellar research by the historians at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate, Washington University librarians have learned that a cache of 74 books that ha ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Grant an Audience
image viaThomas Jefferson left his mark on his copy of Opera omnia, Graece et Latin by Dionysius of Halicarnassus.Thanks to some stellar research by the historians at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate, Washington University librarians have learned that a cache of 74 books that ha ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2010
Happy Birthday, Missouri!
image viaToday marks the 189th anniversary of Missouri's statehood. It's not really an auspicious number, so there aren't many celebrations going on. The closest one appears to be a concert at the First Missouri State Capitol Historical Site in St. Charles at 7 p.m. We were going to complain ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2010
Learn About the Civil War, Facebook-Style!
Image viaFun fact: What we call "pokes" now were actually cannonballs during the Civil War. Remember Barack Obama's Facebook feed? What a humorous, useful and easy way to learn about what our 44th president accomplished in his first 100 days in office!With the Civil War sesquicentennial upon us, ... More >>
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February 24, 2010
En Francais
Image viaFun fact: What we call "pokes" now were actually cannonballs during the Civil War. Remember Barack Obama's Facebook feed? What a humorous, useful and easy way to learn about what our 44th president accomplished in his first 100 days in office!With the Civil War sesquicentennial upon us, ... More >>
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November 19, 2009
Mayor Slay Once Again Pushing for Local Control of St. Louis Police
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay used last week's critical audit of the St. Louis Police Department as one more reason why the law enforcement agency should be under local control. The St. Louis police department has operated under state control since the Civil War when out-state legislators feared that ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Polk, It Is Your Destiny
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay used last week's critical audit of the St. Louis Police Department as one more reason why the law enforcement agency should be under local control. The St. Louis police department has operated under state control since the Civil War when out-state legislators feared that ... More >>
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October 21, 2009
Saturday's Sunday Punches
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay used last week's critical audit of the St. Louis Police Department as one more reason why the law enforcement agency should be under local control. The St. Louis police department has operated under state control since the Civil War when out-state legislators feared that ... More >>
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June 17, 2009
Home Sweet Home
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay used last week's critical audit of the St. Louis Police Department as one more reason why the law enforcement agency should be under local control. The St. Louis police department has operated under state control since the Civil War when out-state legislators feared that ... More >>
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June 3, 2009
Yes, We've Always Been This Way
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay used last week's critical audit of the St. Louis Police Department as one more reason why the law enforcement agency should be under local control. The St. Louis police department has operated under state control since the Civil War when out-state legislators feared that ... More >>
Music
May 20, 2009
Paul Burch & WPA Ballclub
9 p.m. Thursday, May 21. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
News
February 11, 2009
Abraham Lincoln Was a Jew: An Unreal Exclusive!
9 p.m. Thursday, May 21. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
Calendar
February 4, 2009
Change Didn't Happen Overnight
9 p.m. Thursday, May 21. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
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January 28, 2009
Write On!
African American read-in
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December 31, 2008
Farming for Facts
Get it straight
Calendar
October 1, 2008
Rail-Splitter, Country-Uniter
Abraham Lincoln's legacy
News
September 3, 2008
Cannon Fodder: The mystery of the Spanish gun in Forest Park
Abraham Lincoln's legacy
Calendar
July 23, 2008
Patriotic Paperwork
It began with agreement
Calendar
July 23, 2008
Ironclad Friendship
James and Ulysses
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July 23, 2008
Patriotic Paperwork
It began with agreement
Calendar
April 23, 2008
Mr. Ed-sident
A little presidential horseplay
Calendar
March 19, 2008
Reel World
A little presidential horseplay
Calendar
February 6, 2008
Lincoln Up
A little presidential horseplay
Music
November 14, 2007
Treaty of Paris
7 p.m. Wednesday, November 21. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street.
Calendar
September 19, 2007
Style and Class
They go together
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April 11, 2007
Happy Birthday, Mr. President
They go together
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September 20, 2006
When Ulysses Met William
They go together
Calendar
August 16, 2006
He Did Want a Revolution
They go together
Culture
June 28, 2006
Philadelphia Story
Arrow Rock�s 1776 is well worth the drive
Film
May 24, 2006
Film Openings
Week of May 24, 2006
News
April 26, 2006
Ask a Negro Leaguer Column
Week of April 27, 2006
Music
April 5, 2006
Saves the Day
Wednesday, April 12, at 8 p.m. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)
Calendar
January 25, 2006
History Lesson
Wednesday, April 12, at 8 p.m. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)
Music
August 24, 2005
Over It
Saturday, August 27; the Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)
Calendar
April 13, 2005
Thinkin' Lincoln
The Lincoln Library will bring visitors from around the world -- but for us, it's just a short drive away
Culture
October 30, 2002
Rebel With a Cause
A new biography recasts Missouri's natural-born killer Jesse James as a political terrorist
Dining
November 14, 2001
Water Table
The Robert E. Lee once helped keep St. Louis fine dining afloat
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